Cops Ask for Assistance in Search for Missing Middle Village Man

By Michael V. Cusenza
Investigators recently reached out to the public for help in locating a Middle Village man who has been missing for more than a week.
According to 104th Precinct reports, Anthony Monserrate was last seen Tuesday, Aug. 29, around 1 p.m. sitting in a silver 2000 Mitsubishi Montero in front of Rego Park Center II mall at Junction Boulevard and Horace Harding Expressway.
The 81-year-old Monserrate is described as approximately 5-foot-2, 135 pounds, sporting a thin build with brown eyes and gray hair. He was last seen wearing a blue baseball cap, blue shorts and a white T-shirt.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, (888) 57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit info by logging onto NYPDCrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All correspondences are strictly confidential.